Thursday, January 12, 2012

Solar lamps replace toxic kerosene in poorest countries

 Around 1.3 billion people are currently living without electricity, when the sun sets. Berkeley Laboratory at the University of California say that the kerosene lamps use around 77 billion liters of fuel worldwide, costing i a total of $38 billion every year. Not to mention its very dangerous. In Delhi, India these solar lamps are already being uses by 100,000 of the country's poorest people. It can be used as a celling light, wall lamp, or a torch light.  It can run up for  12 hr on one charge & its only $25.

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